Am Smith Welding LLC

Am Smith Welding LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in North Fork, Idaho, supplies heavy equipment and operational support services for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the USDA Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes predominately under the total small business set-aside category across multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center.

Am Smith Welding LLC's capability portfolio centers on specialized heavy equipment rental and logistics support for federal fire management operations. The vendor supplies feller bunchers, dozers, excavators, fuel tenders, dump trucks, road graders, skidders, and mulchers/masticators to support local, regional, and nationwide fire suppression and prescribed burn work. Representative work includes a $401,223.67 firm-fixed-price delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) in July 2024 for miscellaneous heavy equipment and support services under an IDC vehicle; a $219,669.48 delivery order from the same region in August 2024 for heavy equipment to support fire suppression; and a $244,352.19 delivery order also from Region 4 in August 2024. A more recent $66,118 order from Region 4 (August 2026, placed in Price, Utah) and a $53,300 order from Region 1 (Northern Region, August 2026, placed in Dillon, Montana) illustrate the vendor's active engagement across multiple Forest Service regions. The vendor also receives orders from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for similar equipment and support.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the USDA Forest Service. The top five funding agencies account for 93% of recent awards by count and 99% by combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the largest share of potential value — seven awards carrying $2.5 million combined potential value — while USDA Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain) dominates award frequency with 25 awards valued at $2 million combined potential value. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region places 7 awards for $298 thousand combined potential value. No subcontractor relationships exist in the source data; all awards are prime contracts.

The vendor holds four active Indefinite Delivery Contracts, each structured as multiple-award vehicles reserved for total small businesses and awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center under the Virtual Incident Procurement system. IDC 1202SB24T7032 (Fuel Tender for Regions 1, 2, and 4) carries a $250,000 ceiling and has generated 12 task orders valued at $1.5 million combined potential value, with ultimate completion in April 2028. IDC 1202SB24T7128 (Miscellaneous Heavy Equipment for East Zone, Regions 1, 2, and 4) carries a $250,000 ceiling and has generated 13 task orders valued at $741 thousand, with completion in May 2029. IDC 1202SB24T7213 (Miscellaneous Heavy Equipment for East Zone, Regions 1, 2, and 4, awarded May 2024) carries a $250,000 ceiling and has generated 4 task orders valued at $198 thousand, also completing in May 2029. A fourth vehicle, IDC 1202SB26T8876 (Heavy Equipment for East Zone, Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, awarded February 2026), carries a $750,000 ceiling and has generated 2 task orders valued at $86 thousand, with ultimate completion in May 2029. All IDCs carry firm-fixed-price structures and support fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across the East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9).

Activity shows relative stability year over year — 20 awards in 2024, 13 in 2025, and 13 through August 2026 — with a combined potential value across all 46 awards of $5.3 million and obligated dollars of $2.7 million (52% of potential value). The vendor's award footprint spans March 2024 to August 2026, with most awards clustered in late summer months reflecting seasonal fire management cycles. Place of performance spans western regions: Dillon and Boise, Idaho; Price, Monroe, and Riverton, Utah; Jackson and Ammon, Wyoming; and Boise, Idaho. The vendor's work is classified primarily under NAICS 113110 (Support Activities for Forestry) for 31 awards and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression for 43 of 46 awards, underscoring specialization in federal fire management infrastructure.